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Kimble County
JailThis building,
Kimble County's third jail, was erected in 1892 during the term of Judge W. A.
Spencer and Commissioners G. R. Armstrong, J. F. Cowsert, and H. W. McCaleb. Built
at a cost of $3,150, the two-foot thick hewn stone walls gave the fortress the
reputation for being "As secure as Huntsville State prison". Among the
many prisoners held here was the 1896 killer, Gip Hardin, brother of noted badman
John Wesley Hardin.
Recorded
Texas Historic Landmark - 1964 |
Historical
marker in front of the Kimble County jail.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, January 2006 |
Kimble
County Forum
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